It said the last couple of weeks has seen extended driver training hours from 6am - 10pm and residents and road users would be kept up to date.

Most of the fleet has arrived in the Gold Coast with the final three coming from Europe arriving in next fortnight, taking the total to 14 trams.

"Day time tram testing over the Nerang River and into northern Surfers Paradise will be an exciting milestone for the project and we remind motorists, cyclists and pedestrians to be aware of this new road user and simply follow the existing road rules to interact with the system safely," said GoldLinQ CEO Phil Mumford.

Golden Gate resident and long time Gold Coaster Andrew Meadowcroft said he was excited to see the tram finally pass his building.

"We have watched the road transform and the track laid down and it was so exciting to finally hear and see the train whiz by last night," said Mr Meadowcroft.

Comments on this story

rob@burleigh Posted at 5:35 PM February 06, 2014

I echo the previous comment. please complete the light rail to heavy rail loop at each end (helensvale and the gold coast airport) and the gold coast residents and tourists alike will greatly benefit from the better public transport option.

Cam of Coolangatta Posted at 5:30 AM February 06, 2014

Mr Mumford, please use your poitical leverage to extend this light rail build to both the heavy rail at Helensvale and the Gold Coast Intl Airport while we still have all the knowledge capital in place.You have done an amazing job getting this done thus far, Bravo!